Don't Get Rid Of The Songbirds!

[Ametrine]

That's.... actually a good point in regards to Little Ladies Day next to most other holiday events; We don't have regular NPCs running these with a continued storyline.

I might feel differently about them if it weren't for how much better I think the non-Songbird related Ladies Day quests have been. At least they wouldn't feel so anachronistic if they were introduced super early in ARR.

[Vidu]

I agree. I'm also done with this Jack-o-lantern guy with the Halloween series and the Valentine couple for Valentine's Day, and the Easter Miqo'te. I'm personally drained on all of them and don't really get excited when I see them. When the event comes around it's more like "Oh it's you again... what silly thing will you require of me this year..." Basically, I just want more verity. I want to know the person I helped last time is happy now, but instead I feel more like they have a problem every year that they can't handle without me being involved. Though I admit I'm making it sound worse than it really is and can get a little bit nit picky.

To be honest: I dont have that much of a problem with the NPCs from the other events, because I actually feel like they fit the event and general theme.
The Halloween guys? Yeah, a Circus that comes to town each year at the same time. (And about the happy part: Actually, you're preventing them from reaching their goal every year by sabotaging them while helping)
Valentines Day? According to game lore named by the great aunt(?) of the elezen lady whos running it now.
Eastern? ...okay, you got me there. Dont like that silly, naive Mi'qote-girly

And obviously its all subjective, so I'm not trying to critizes your opinion here, I just want to express how almost frustrated I am with those three stupid songbirds. I dont even wanna keep them in the background anywhere. At this point I very much just want them gone. They're not cute, they're not funny, they're annoying.
That lalafell is nothing but rude and arrogant, the Au Ra is so pretenious shy that it hurts and I dont know what that cat is doing there. At least they seem to be a good representation of real idols in the sense that they dont have a real personalty.

The first year we got them I was... irritated. They didnt seem to fit the theme of the event at all - but okay, not everyone has to like every event, right? Maybe that one wasnt for me then.
The next year... THEM again. Instead of any kind of more "meanigful" story - thats what I enjoyed about the first two LLD - we got a Dating Sim and listen to those girlies telling us boring stuff about their lifes.
And now this year - the quest after the whole songbird-nonsenses really give me hope though.
Hope, that we can see better stories than a cat telling us that she wants to be a dancer again.

Bottomline: I feel most of the other events (we're not talking about New Years, lets just pretend that doesnt happen), have some sort of real new twist or idea to them. The dungeons for Halloween and Valentines Day, the new stories for christmas... and then... there is this... where I dont even have to read the speachbubbles to know what they're saying.
So even if the Valentines Lady appears each year to be the general questgiver, I dont mind - we had that a few years with quests that actually revolved around other couples in the end (I remember this very bitter story in Gridania - a young woman waiting for her fiance to come back from the war or something like that and you basically told her that he died).
But the Songbirds arent the questgiver and rather the center of the quest/main-event. And I'm done with that.

[Riko_Futatabi]

No Elezen idol, no cares from me.

[Zumi]

Was it Narumi who said this might be the last time ? Just wondering if the one that comes to talk to you is the one you picked as your favorite 2 years ago.

[Texa]

Was it Narumi who said this might be the last time ? Just wondering if the one that comes to talk to you is the one you picked as your favorite 2 years ago.

I got Ulala who I distinctly remember picking before, so maybe?

[MuseTraveller]

I'm tired of them and really hope they are gone next year. I wish something more meaningful and related to the world such as the side quest after. >_>; I bugged my friends to do it cause it was honestly, easy to miss.

[Vanitas]

If they dare touch best girl Narumi, I will have words.

[SenorPatty]

If they dare touch best girl Narumi, I will have words.

Spoken like true filth.


Everyone knows Masha is the best.

[Vanitas]

The unmistakable scent of heresy.

Ah yes Masha, younger sister to one if the most coconut (with lime shaken all up in it) brained mi'qote in all of Eorzea.....BAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.

[Pomelo]

I think the events should be drastically different each year, some of these NPC's I am so bored of now. Bye Songbirds, not gonna miss you.